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Use sensible defaults on forms

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Alex Poole

This search form on iLounge seems to have archives going back to the birth of Christ, either that or they’re not using a sensible default start date.

Start date for archive search reads "00/00/00"

iLounge search form

 

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